IT RFR Required Specifications.doc
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- BD-27-1026-DOE02-DOE01-131584
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- Middlesex County, Massachusetts
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This document is a Required Specifications guide for Information Technology contracts issued by the Massachusetts Executive Office of Technology Services & Security (EOTSS), applicable to the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education's RFR for the Advancing Statewide Implementation of the HQIM for NGESL Initiative. The specifications mandate that all IT systems and applications developed by or for Executive department agencies or operating within the Massachusetts Access to Government Network (MAGNet) must conform to the Enterprise Information Security Policies and Standards established by EOTSS. These standards are available at https://www.mass.gov/handbook/enterprise-information-security-policies-and-standards, and vendors are required to contact EOTSS in advance of system or application design and development initiatives to ensure conformance with relevant policies. The purchasing agency and any contractors must jointly apply for and receive written approval from the Secretary of EOTSS or the Secretary's designee if any deviations from established standards are necessary.
Non-conforming IT systems may not be deployed without explicit written permission for deviation. Contractor delivery of IT systems and applications that fail to conform to Commonwealth Enterprise Information Security Policies and Standards, absent written deviation approval, constitutes a breach of contract. The Commonwealth reserves the right to require contractors, at no cost to the Commonwealth, to re-engineer non-conforming systems to achieve compliance with applicable standards. These specifications apply only when a vendor will be developing or modifying software or creating deliverables containing intellectual property under the RFR posting.
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Please note: These specifications only apply if a vendor will be developing or modifying software or will be developing Deliverables that contain other intellectual property, under this Bid posting Operational Services Division
RFR - Required Specifications for Information Technology
Revised: July 1, 2020 Information Technology. Required for Information Technology contracts. All IT systems and applications developed by or for Executive department agencies or operating within the Massachusetts Access to Government Network (MAGNet) must conform with the Enterprise Information Security Policies and Standards promulgated by the Secretary of the Executive Office of Technology Services & Security (EOTSS). Non-conforming IT systems may not be deployed unless the purchasing agency and their contractor(s) have jointly applied for and received in writing from the Secretary of EOTSS or the Secretary’s designee, notice that a specified deviation will be permitted. The Enterprise Information Security Policies and Standards are available at https://www.mass.gov/handbook/enterprise-information-security-policies-and-standards. Additional policies, standards, and requirements that do not conflict with the Enterprise Information Security Policies and Standards may apply and shall be made available to Bidders by the purchasing agency.
Please Note: Given the pace of information technology innovation, purchasing agencies and their contractors are required to contact EOTSS to signal a system or application design and development initiative. Such advance notice helps to ensure conformance with the relevant Enterprise Information Security Policies and Standards.
Contractor delivery of IT systems and applications that fail to conform to the Commonwealth’s Enterprise Information Security Policies and Standards, absent the Secretary of EOTSS’s grant of written permission for a deviation, shall constitute breach of contract. The Commonwealth may choose to require the contractor, at no cost to the Commonwealth, to re-engineer the non-conforming system for the purpose of bringing it into compliance with Commonwealth Enterprise Information Security Policies and Standards.
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